Thank you Geoffrey and Richard, I would never have known that my misspelling was not incorrect after all, recipe and receipt are both correct. I wonder if Jamie Oliver ever got to the bottom of the Crosse family and if it was in fact the family of Dr. Green CROSSE. I wonder where Dr. Crosse lived, when he was practising in Norfolk. By the sounds of the Upstairs and Downstairs scenario, the home would have been very large, most likely on an Estate and with Lady this and Lady that popping in for lunch or dinner, they may have been his patients, or the circle he moved in. I posted the story from the magazine to the List, hoping that maybe a descendant was on the List, and recognised some of the names. The recipe book is large, the size of a sheet of A4, and thick. The spine is brown leather and with ribs about every 2" apart. The front and back is a dark tan ane a bit torn near the spine. What a gift for someone to find on a second hand book table at a Cooking Show. However, the big mystery is how this very valuable book ended up on the other side of the world in Melbourne, Oz. Maybe, a descendant of the Cook? Or maybe the Butler did it. Cheers Janice Belrose - Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: <Treetopsfarm@aol.com> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [NFK] CORRECTION RECIPE BOOK > Recipes in those days were known as "receipts" They even got it right > in > "Downton Abbey" where a visitor brings a "receipt"of her favourite dish > for the cook, who, suffering from eye problems can't read it ..... and > drama > ensues. I'm sure Jamie know that. > > Richard > > > In a message dated 18/12/2011 10:13:34 GMT Standard Time, > adoughty01@optusnet.com.au writes: > > Hello Listers, > > I note in my last emial I have the antique book, which Jamie Oliver's > friend purchased for him in Melbourne as a thank you gift, as a > handwritten > RECEIPT book. I meant a handwritten RECIPE book. I very much doubt > Jamie > Oliver would get over exited about receiving a receipt book. > > Cheers > Janice > Belrose - Sydney > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >